Trivia

Ida's older sister, Ray, married Avrom Greenbaum, who founded the Glasgow Jewish Institute Players, and her brother, Leon Schuster, was production manager for GJIP, and, later, when it merged with other groups, Glasgow Unity Theatre.

Ida attended Abbotsford Primary School in the Gorbals.

She was a Scottish theatre, radio and television actress, theatre director, and a leading figure in Glasgow's 20th-century Jewish theatre community.

In 2020, Ida was described as "the world's oldest podcaster", in reference to her recording of Old School (for broadcaster Janice Forsyth's Big Light company), in which she shared stories about her life and career.

Ida began acting at the age of 15, but she turned professional in the 1950s.